Yafed Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Yafed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yafed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Yafed (323) may also be a first name.

Yafed Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Yafed Come From? nationality or country of origin

Yafed is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yafed? popularity and diffusion

Yafed is the 7,593,402nd most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 67 percent of Yafed live; 67 percent live in Oceania Islands and 67 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Yafed is also the 488,148th most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 323 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Morobe, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 17 percent reside and Cameroon, where 17 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yahfed911/
Yafe891,609/
Yafeh802,896/
Yaffe802,577/
Yafei80699/
Yafet80508/
Yafie80141/
Yafid8051/
Yafes8039/
Yafhe8027/
Yafee8017/
Yafez8016/
Yafea809/
Yafey809/
Jafed806/
Yafer806/
Yasfe805/
Yaafe802/
Yawfe801/
Yafeu801/
Yahfe801/
Yhafe801/
Yafete73297/
Yaffee73285/
Yaffie7371/
Yaffey7340/
Yaffei7333/
Eyiafe7317/
Yafett7315/
Jafeed7311/
Yaffes7310/
Yaffet734/
Yashfe733/
Yachfe732/
Yafeez732/
Yafite732/
Yaaffe731/
Yatfei731/
Yafesh731/
Yafets731/
Yaffer731/
Yafiet731/
Eyeafe731/
Yahfid731/
Yahafe731/
Yaifeh731/
Yaffeu731/
Yafi673,145/
Yafa671,271/
Yofe6774/
Jafe6770/
Yabd6756/
Iafe6750/
Yaft6744/
Yavd6732/
Yafeesh6721/
Yafy6711/
Yafitte671/
Yaffehe671/
Yafette671/
Hyafeez671/
Yafá671/
Yhafeez671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yafed
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